How Competitve is Navy transitonal intern?

[wolverine1212]

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Hi all,

I'm a MS3 on 4 year HPSP...I was wondering how hard it is to get into a Navy Transitonal program. I really want to be a Navy FS, so need to get into a Navy internship. Does anyone know ballpark numbers for step 1, what percent of spots go to HPSP students vs. USHSH, how many spots there are in each of the 3 hospitals (bethesda, portsmouth, san diego), and any other useful info?

thanks,
wovlerine1212

 

[BigNavyPedsGuy]

I interviewed for TY spots at both SD and Portsmouth. SD is VERY competitive (like 41 folks rank it first for ~25 spots). The program in Portsmouth isn't as competitive - at least I didn't get that vibe during the interview.

 

[i want out]

Portsmouth 25
San Diego 27
Bethesda 12


I think they are competitive- esp San Diego. But each of these locations also has 20 internal medicine spots each.

see link

http://nshs.med.navy.mil/gme/GME1CHT.HTM

Just keep in mind, that if you do an IM internship, you will only be fully funded for 2 more years of GME.

So, if you finish your time out as a flight surgeon, and decide to do any civilian residency longer than 2 more years, you may have some difficulty in finding a position, as you wouldn't be funded as well as someone who is right out of medical school.

See GME funding brochure from aamc.org

http://www.aamc.org/advocacy/library/gme/dgmebroc.pdf

Note section 9 where they specifically mention military comittments, and how the internship locks you on to a number of years of funding.

i want out
Really happy that my civie transitional year didn't start any clocks.

 

[VolatileNavyDoc]

Just keep in mind, that if you do an IM internship, you will only be fully funded for 2 more years of GME.

So, if you finish your time out as a flight surgeon, and decide to do any civilian residency longer than 2 more years, you may have some difficulty in finding a position, as you wouldn't be funded as well as someone who is right out of medical school.

See GME funding brochure from aamc.org

http://www.aamc.org/advocacy/library/gme/dgmebroc.pdf

Note section 9 where they specifically mention military comittments, and how the internship locks you on to a number of years of funding.

i want out
Really happy that my civie transitional year didn't start any clocks.

Ahhh. The things they don't tell you about. It's really not clear though. It just says that if you complete a civilian intern year in a specific specialty prior to entering the military then that time will be specialty specific. But if you do an intern year in the military system, it just says that the year will count toward the initial residency period, just like a civilian transitional year, but it doesn't say that it's specialty specific. So, I'm not sure that an IM intern year at SD or Portsmouth would in fact start any clocks.

Just as an aside, it's interesting that there are still a lot of 4 year EM programs out there and Medicare only pays for 3 years of residency.